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Originally posted by 33girl
Seriously, I think these types of programs only hasten too-early marriage. The kids get married early so they can have sex, pop out a couple babies, and then wake up one day and realize they've missed being young. By then there are children's lives that will be thrown into disarray if the parents decide to separate or divorce.
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Exactly. I think that in this situation, the people who get screwed most of all are young women who probably more often than not end up divorced and left with the kids. What kind of lives do they have then? I don't think that promoting marriage ever has good consequences. Why encourage young people to hurry into something that is so difficult?
Of course if you have sex you're taking certain risks, but I think the best way to help kids make wise decisions is to educate them to all of the options and possibilities. I truly believe that Bush's obsession with abstinence only programs is almost entirely based on Christian principles, which in my opinion have absolutely no place in public schools.